Let us be honest. You want 100% relief of your Fort Wayne
back pain and have it never return. Heck, you didn’t want it to occur in the first place! Well, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic wants that for
you, also. But reality gets in the way. The
research comes out. Realistic expectations are described.
Documented treatment outcomes guide you and Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
as we travel together toward healing and improved quality of life
with back pain.
MEDICAL CLINICAL EXPECTATION
Medicine today reports 30% minimal clinical
improvement as good enough to warrant the use of a treatment approach.
(1) The “minimal clinically important difference” is an indicator
of the helpfulness of treatment. In an extensive
review of studies, the relative percent was revealed as 32%. (2) “Good” outcome of medical primary care for sciatica
and leg pain was just 30% reduction in disability. 55% of patients
were improved at one year. (1) Another set of researchers
stated that a 20 point move on a 100 point scale is a good
outcome. A modification of 19%
on an Oswestry pain scale and 2 points on a 10 points visual analogue scale is considered successful reduction in pain for a patient with continued postoperative
spine pain. (3) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic knows Fort Wayne back pain patients desire
more relief than that. Setting up realistic expectations
from the beginning boosts the odds
of a satisfactory outcome for our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients.
CHIROPRACTIC ROLE IN BACK PAIN RELIEF
Chiropractic is often classified as alternative
medicine. Chiropractic seeks to take care of the
source of spine-related pain with spine treatment, exercise, nutrition, etc., while
allopathic medicine seeks to remove the
offending cause of pain by drug or invasive methods. (4)
One study comparing the two approaches demonstrated that at 2
months of care, older adults with lumbar spine stenosis treated with manual
therapy and exercise improved better than medical care and group
exercise. (5) Another study of older adults with back pain reported
50% improvement in back pain and 43% in disability after 2 years of care. The
honest truth: fewer than 20% of these patients had complete resolution of pain
and disability, but they were better. (6) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic assists
many Fort Wayne back pain and stenosis patients honestly establish
realistic expectations for clinical improvement of their back pain conditions utilizing
the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CLINICAL OUTCOMES WITH COX® TECHNIC
Cox® Technic has always strived for at least
50% relief within 30 days before trying another treatment protocol
or arranging appointments for more advanced imaging tests or
referral for surgical consultation (as long as
there is no evidence of progressive neurological deficit or caudal equina
syndrome/change in bowel or urinary function which would necessitate
a more immediate action). (7) For years, 50% did not seem like
enough. Today, it is amazing relief compared with the new medical and
surgical expectation of 20% to 30% relief. One more recent study documents
even more relief with Cox® Technic: Spinal stenosis patients improved in pain by 76%
and disability by 73%. (8) How might such improvement come? Horizontal traction
was shown much more effective in increasing
disc height of lower lumbar discs. (9) Cox® Technic distraction manipulation
was found to enlarge the area by 28%. (10) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic knows many Fort Wayne back pain patients whose 20% relief of
pain thrilled them as it permitted them to walk in
the park or go to the grocery store or play with the grandkids.
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Wanda Lopez on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson whose patient was elated that
she could take a walk in Central Park without
pain.
CONTACT Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
Schedule your next chiropractic appointment at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
today. We will be honest. We’ll discuss treatment
outcome expectations with you. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is on your side and committed to
helping you get the Fort Wayne back pain relief you want.